Brasil

August 15 Demonstration in Brasilia

National Campaign Against the Work Pace in Poultry Plants

 

 


 

 

12-05-2012 Bolivia | TRADE UNIONS | COCA-COLA
With Ángel Asturizaga
 Outsourcing: A new form of slavery

Labor movement pushes to have it banned by law
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

11-20-2012 Brazil | UNIONS | MEATPACKING
 We demand a law to regulate work in meatpacking plants now!
225 organizations from 84 countries support the IUF’s Campaign for the immediate approval of a Regulating Standard (RS) to stop Brazil’s meatpacking plants from massacring its workers
Rel-UITA

 

10-15-2012 México  | FEMSA | DAIRY
 Eggs in different baskets
Coca Cola in the dairy world
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

1-10-2012  Brazil | ARCOR | PEPSICO
With Marcos Araujo
Workers of Arcor and PepsiCo organized
Trade unions and companies unable to reach agreements  Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

10-8-2012 World | DAIRY INDUSTRY | CURRENT SITUATION
 The dairy world today
A study by Aurelio Suárez Montoya entitled “Colombia, one more piece in the conquest of the ‘new dairy’ world” was presented in the framework of the IUF’s Latin American Dairy Sector Seminar. Suárez Montoya is a member of the organization “Salvación Agropecuaria,” with which IUF Latin America has been coordinating resources and joint actions for years
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias y Héctor Ponce

 

21-9-2012 20 Spain | TRADE UNIONS | CRISIS
 With Emilio Ferrero López
“The government not only curtails rights, they also intend to put an end to union organizations”
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias 

 

20-9-2012 Spain | TRADE UNIONS | RESISTANCE
 With Fernando Medina Gómez
If the government doesn’t make things right, we are headed towards a new general strike
Rel-UITA 

 

9-5-2012 Dominican Republic | TRADE UNIONS | PEPSICO
 Labor and gender abuse in Frito-Lay Dominicana
Frito-Lay Dominicana is a PepsiCo subsidiary that operates in Santo Domingo producing snacks. It has a history of marked antiunionism and abuses against any workers who try to organize themselves
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

8-30-2012 Uruguay | UNIONS | COCA COLA
 With Ernest Zelko
“The greatest challenge ahead is to train young workers in becoming involved in union activities”
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

8-17-2012  SABMiller | ANTIUNIONISM | DISCRIMINATION
 The greater the profit, the harsher the union repression
Global profits for the transnational corporation increased by 8 percent fueled by sales in Latin America, a region where it cracks down on any attempt at unionization
Rel-UITA | Daniel Gatti

 

8-17-2012  Dominican Republic | COCA-COLA
 With Linares Díaz Cabral
New collective bargaining agreement signed
“Another step forward”
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

8-15-2012 Guatemala | COCA-COLA
 IUF Mission to Guatemala
With Carlos Alberto Luch
The signing of the collective bargaining agreement brought stability
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

8-7-2012  Argentina | TRADE UNIONS | DAIRY INDUSTRY
 To anyone willing to listen
ATILRA speaks out to refute industry claims that pit dairy farmers against workers
Rel-UITA | ATILRA

 

8-7-2012  Honduras | TIERRAS | SABMiller
With Marco Ramiro Lobo
SABMiller lands expropriated
Strong pressures to withdraw resolution
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

7-31-2012 Colombia | SABMiller | ANTIUNIONISM
 A psychopathic “family”
SABMiller ranks second in the world in beer production and first in antiunionism
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

7-16-2012 Nicaragua | TRADE UNIONS | COCA COLA
 “We should take pride in being workers”
SUT-INARSA, of Coca-Cola FEMSA, holds general assembly  Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

7-16-2012  Peru | TRADE UNIONS | AMBEV
 AmBev could be penalized for antiunion practices
The Brazilian transnational corporation suspended nine unionized workers and four union leaders and has yet to explain its decision to the Labor Ministry
Rel-UITA | Julia Vicuńa Yacarine

 

7-9-2012  Dominican Republic | COCA-COLA
 With Linares Díaz Cabral
SATRABECO trains for upcoming negotiation with Coca-Cola
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

7-6-2012 Peru | TRADE UNIONS | AmBev
 AmBev cracks down on new union
Thirteen unionized workers suspended
Rel-UITA | Julia Vicuńa Yacarine

 

7-3-2012  Brazil | TRADE UNIONS | BREWERIES
 Anti-union stance in Schincariol
Letter of concern and solidarity with the Campinas-Săo Paulo Union from IUF Latin America
Rel-UITA

  

7-1-2012  Paraguay | COUP | HR
 With President Fernando Lugo
 “The laboratory for this was Honduras, three years ago; in Paraguay it was perfected”
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

6-15-2012 Brazil | SUGAR-ALCOHOL INDUSTRY
With Antonio Gonçálves Filho
“We'll paralyze every mill in the state

 if we have to”
Săo Paulo sugar-alcohol workers on alert
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín

 

6-11-2012  Brazil | TRADE UNIONS | COCA-COLA
 With Wilson Vidoto
Agreement in Coca-Cola
The company presented a much-improved counteroffer
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

6-8-2012  Colombia | TRADE UNIONS | HUMAN RIGHTS
 Colombia: Violence and its many manifestations
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

6-6-2012 Brazil | TRADE UNIONS | COCA-COLA
With Wilson Vidoto
Imminent strike in Coca-Cola Marília, Săo Paulo
Union demands that transnational corporation better its offer   Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

6-4-2012 Uruguay | TRADE UNIONS | PM
With Gerardo Pereira
The abuse continues
The SAT held a press conference to address several issues  Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín

 

5-31-2012 Brazil | TRADE UNIONS | GRITO DA TERRA
 Agrarian reform and an end to rural violence
Grito da Terra is the largest annual mobilization organized by CONTAG   Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

5-15-2012 Panama | TRADE UNIONS | SABMILLER
 Voices and faces of SITRAFCOREBGASCELIS
Retained, suspended and fired workers won’t back down   Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi 

 

5-8-2012 Panama | TRADE UNIONS | SABMILLER
With Alejandro John
Attack on labor at SABMiller
Workers held against their will for refusal to sign veiled dismissal   Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

5-11-2012 Latin America │ FELATRAC │ COCA-COLA
 Four years of work and struggle
FELATRAC celebrates a new anniversary
 Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

5-10-2012  Panama | TRADE UNIONS | SABMILLER
With Alejandro John
SABMiller persists with its savage antiunionism
The transnational corporation now suspends 24 workers  Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

5-9-2012 Nicaragua | TRADE UNIONS | COCA-COLA
With Daniel Reyes
New collective bargaining agreement
in Coca-Cola FEMSA
Guaranteed job stability and economic improvements
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

5-8-2012  Panamá | TRADE UNIONS | SABMILLER
 Letter from IUF Latin America

to the President of Panama
SABMiller tramples National Constitution, Labor Code and International Conventions ratified by Panama
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

5-7-2012  Panama | TRADE UNIONS | SABMILLER
URGENT COMMUNICATION
SABMiller holds workers against their will to force them to accept dismissal
Rel-UITA | SITRAFCOREBGASCELIS | Alejandro John

 

5-2-2012  Uruguay | TRADE UNIONS | DECENT WORK
With Graciela Espinosa
Uruguay ratifies Convention 189
New victory for domestic workers
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

4-30-2012 Colombia | VIOLENCE | HUMAN RIGHTS
 Letter from IUF Latin America

to the president of SINALCORTEROS
In reaction to the murder of Daniel Aguirre, general secretary of the National Union of Sugarcane Cutters
Rel-UITA

 

4-30-2012 Colombia | VIOLENCE | HUMAN RIGHTS
SINALCORTEROS communiqué
 Denouncing the murder of Daniel Aguirre, General Secretary of the National Union of Sugarcane Cutters
Rel-UITA | SINALCORTEROS

 

26-4-2012  Nicaragua | TRADE UNIONS
With Daniel Reyes
SUT-INARSA and Coca-Cola FEMSA begin collective bargaining negotiations
Strong expectations among workers Giorgio Trucchi

 

4-19-2012 Geneva | IUF | CONDOLENCES
 IUF mourns the passing of fellow unionist Oscar Payuyo
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

4-2-2012 Guatemala | TRADE UNIONS | COCA COLA
With Carlos Luch
STECSA secures important collective bargaining agreement  Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

3-21-2012  Guatemala | TRADE UNIONS | COCA COLA
With David Morales
STECSA in permanent mobilization
The union has stepped up protest actions
Giorgio Trucchi

 

3-19-2012 Argentina | WOMEN | TRADE UNIONS
 Silvia Villaverde is awarded distinction
The President of the IUF’s International Women’s Committee is recognized for her work in the Equal Opportunity and Treatment at Work Committee
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

3-12-2012  Guatemala | TRADE UNIONS | COCA-COLA
With Carlos Luch
“We won't stand for an attack on work stability”
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

3-7-2012 Colombia | TRADE UNIONS | COCA-COLA
 New SICO-Urabá Collective Bargaining Agreement
New agreement enhances economic and social gains
Rel-UITA | Luis Alejandro Pedraza

 

3-6-2012  Guatemala | UNIONS | COCA-COLA
 STECSA warms up its engines
Workers mobilized against Coca-Cola FEMSA’s delaying tactics
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

2-24-2012 Guatemala | TRADE UNIONS | VIOLENCE
Open letter from IUF Latin America

to the President of Guatemala
Violence against SITRABI
Rel-UITA

 

2-24-2012  Peru | TRADE UNIONS | BEVERAGES
 Kola Real workers march to Lima to demand reinstatement of union leader
Rel-UITA | Julia Vicuńa Yacarine

 

2-23-2012 El Salvador | TRADE UNIONS | ALERT
 Open letter from the LIDO SA Workers' Union to the Salvadorian President and Labor Minister
Rel-UITA | SELSA

 

2-23-2012  Honduras | HR | AFRICAN PALM
 Army harasses foreign journalists in Bajo Aguán
Rel-UITA correspondent Giorgio Trucchi reports the incident  C-Libre

 

2-22-2012 Honduras | AFRICAN PALM | HUMAN RIGHTS
 Successful International Meeting for Human Rights and Against Exploitation
United in solidarity to support the struggle in Bajo Aguán  Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

2-16-2012 Chile | COMPANIES | COCA-COLA
 Embotelladora Andina

takes over Coca-Cola Polar
Merger to create one of Latin America’s largest bottlers  Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín 

 

2-16-2012  Guatemala | VIOLENCE | BANANA
 Violence against SITRABI continues
Five union members murdered in less than a year
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

2-15-2012 Chile | TRADE UNIONS | DAIRY INDUSTRY
With Aldo Lezana Contreras
Unprecedented meeting between FENATRAL and Fonterra management
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín

 

2-14-2012  Panama | TRADE UNIONS | NESTLÉ
 SITEA signs new collective agreement with Nestlé
After 43 days of negotiations, the Industrial Packaging, Food and Related Industry Workers’ Union signed an agreement for a term of three years
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

2-13-2012 Uruguay | PHILIP MORRIS | Tobacco
 Incompetence and falsehoods
The decision by PM's Uruguayan subsidiary to close down reveals its management’s great incompetence and the lack of scruples in resorting to false arguments  Rel-UITA | Enildo Iglesias
 

2-9-2012 Guatemala | TRADE UNIONS | HR
FESTRAS Statement
Upon the death of our fellow unionist Jorge Enrique Torres Lezama
Advisor to FESTRAS, STECSA and other Guatemalan labor organizations  Rel-UITA | FESTRAS

 

2-7-2012 Honduras | AFRICAN PALM | HR
 Contempt for life and other people's sorrow
Climate of persecution persists in Bajo Aguán
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

2-1-2012  Guatemala | TRADE UNIONS | COCA-COLA
With Carlos Alberto Luch Álvarez
We are a new Governing Committee, but we know which way to go
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín

 

01-24-2012  Panama | TRADE UNIONS | DAIRY
With Marcelino Macías Reyes
Crucial stage in negotiations with Nestlé Panama
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín

 

01-24-2012 Honduras | AFRICAN PALM | HR
 “They want to strangle us financially”
MUCA reports landlords’ criminal strategy
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

1-20-2012 Honduras | TRADE UNIONS | SABMILLER
With Felicito Ávila, Minister of Labour
 STIBYS – SABMiller/Coca Cola Agreement: a role model   Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

1-20-2012  Honduras | AFRICAN PALM | HR
 Another MUCA leader murder by hired guns
Two-year land struggle brings death toll of massacred peasants to 45  Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

01-19-2012 Colombia | HUMAN RIGHTS | SEATECH
Fundación Manos Muertas reports abuses
The company Recursos Especiales violates right to privacy with illegal "house calls"
Rel-UITA | Fundación Manos Muertas

 

1-18-2012 Uruguay | TRADE UNIONS | AGREEMENT
With Gustavo Sotelo and Hugo Infanzón
 STCC and Coca Cola sign an Agreement after a 2-year negotiation  Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín

 

1-18-2012  Honduras | UNIONS | SABMILLER
 STIBYS signs a new Collective Agreement with SABMiller
Defense of permanent jobs is essential
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

01-17-2012  Honduras | TRADE UNIONS | CONGRESS
21st STIBYS Extraordinary Congress
New SABMiller agreement ratified
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi
 

12-27-2011 Dominican Republic | PEPSICO
With Alexander Mosquea
Implacable unión persecution in Frito Lay
SINTRALAYDO denounces the abuses of the transnational company
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

12-26-2011 Chile | TRADE UNIONS | DAIRY
 With Aldo Lezana
 SOPROLE-FONTERRA: A thirst for vengeance
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín

 

12-5-2011  Perú | UNIONS | BEVERAGES
With Benancio Aguilar
Strike breaks out at Coca Cola and Inca Kola
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín

 

11-21-2011 Brazil | TRADE UNIONS | HRCT
With Moacyr Roberto Tesch
CONTRATUH joins IUF
A globalized world calls for a globalized struggle
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

11-22-2011  Geneva - Mar del Plata | IUF
With Norberto Latorre
President of the Global Committee of the HRCT Group and new president of the IUF’s Latin American Executive Committee
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

11-21-2011  Argentina | COCA COLA
With Pablo Quiroga
Frank support to what has been done

in the past five years
A positive Conference
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín

 

10-27-2011  Uruguay | TRADE UNIONS | PM PLANT CLOSURE
With Gerardo Pereira
Philip Morris occupation continues
Forty-five laid-off workers caught in the middle of the company’s retaliation against the Uruguayan government  Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín

 

10-21-2011  Colombia | OIL PALM | CAMPAIGN
 Solidarity Campaign in Support of the Cane Workers of Puerto Wilches
For decent work in oil palm plantations  Rel-UITA

 

10-21-2011  Perú | UNIONS | COCA COLA
With Raúl Rengifo and Daniel Ortiz
Coca Cola Unions break off relations with the company
Lindley Corporation offers laughable pay rise
Rel-UITA | Julia Vicuńa Yacarine

 

9-19-2011  Colombia | SEATECH | HR
With Maribel Acosta
 SEATECH shreds more than just tuna
“I worked myself to the bone for the company and got kicked to the curb”
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

9-16-2011  Dominican Republic | UNIONS | PEPSICO
With Alexander Mosquea
Anti-unionism and persecution in Frito-Lay Dominicana   Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

9-6-2011  Brazil | MEATPACKING | JBS
With Carlúcio Gomes da Rocha
JBS – Friboi puts more than

a thousand workers out of a job
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

  
9-6-2011  Guatemala – Honduras | BEVERAGES | UNIONS
 New meeting of STECSA and STIBYS
Unity and support before the process of collective bargaining  Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

9-2-2011 Chile | TRADE UNIONS | NATIONAL STRIKE
With Cijifredo Vera
The Chilean people got tired of waiting
Successful national strike on August 24 & 25
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

8-29-2011 Colombia | Dairy industry | Food security
 Senator Robledo alerts government of huge operation to smuggle in 30,000 tons of powdered milk
New Zealand milk to be brought into the country as Venezuelan  Senator Jorge Enrique Robledo

 

9-2-2011  Brazil
MEATPACKING | WORKING CONDITIONS
With Siderlei de Oliveira
Positive assessment of Regulating Standard by the labor movement
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

8-31-2011  Brazil | VIOLENCE | PARA
 Violence in Pará
More than one homicide per month over the last 15 years  Rel-UITA | CPT

 

8-30-2011 Latin America | DISAPPEARED | HR
 Elegy to memory
The authorities want to store memory away in an attempt to bury the wealth of rebelliousness it contains  Rel-UITA | Jair Krischke

 

8-22-2011  Brazil | TRADE UNIONS | MEATPACKING
 With Siderlei de Oliveira
 Proposed regulatory standard to be put to public consultation
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 


8-17-2011 Colombia | HR | TRADE UNIONS
 Hernán Darío “Bolillo” Gómez,

SABMiller and violence
Transnational corporation can’t see the beam in its own eye  Rel-UITA | Luis Alejandro Pedraza

 

8-17-2011  Brazil | WOMEN | AGRICULTURE
 With Alessandra da Costa
The Marcha das Margaridas 2011 is off!
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín

 

8-16-2011 Uruguay | WRM | SOCIETY
In memory of a dear friend
Ricardo Carrere
Former international coordinator of the World Rainforest Movement
 Rel-UITA | Enildo Iglesias
 

8-11-2011 Guatemala | COCA-COLA
With Francisco Barillas
STECSA, concern in view of stagnation in the collective bargaining
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

8-9-2011 Dominican Republic | UNIONS | PEPSICO
With Alexander Mosquea
Frito Lay Union has joined the UITA
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez 

 

8-9-2011 Bolivia | TRADE UNIONS | COCA-COLA
With Ángel Asturizaga
“It's very important that we join FELATRAC”
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

8-8-2011 Guatemala - Honduras | COCA-COLA
 STECSA and STIBYS join forces in their collective bargaining processes
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 
 8-4-2011 Colombia | BANANA | HR
 With Guillermo Rivera
Conflict at Finca El Dorado continues
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 
 8-2-2011 Argentina – Spain | HRCT | CONGRESS
 Responsible, ethical and sustainable
tourism is possible
IUF to represent workers at UNWTO’s 1st International Congress on Ethics and Tourism
 Rel-UITA | Norberto Latorre

 
 8-2-2011 Brazil | FRANCE | DOUX
 With Hélčne Deborde
 "The best news I'm taking back to Doux workers in France is the possibility of joint actions"
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín
 
7-27-2011 Colombia | BANANA | CONFLICT
 Brutal feudalism
Alarming situation at Finca El Dorado, located in the municipality of Apartadó, in the banana-producing region of Urabá, and a world away from decent work
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

7-22-2011 Colombia | SEATECH | LAYOFFS
With Pedro Londońo
Mass layoffs at Seatech tuna plant
Company lays off 14 workers with RSI for the second time  Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín

 

7-19-2010  Brazil | TRADE UNIONS | UNILEVER
 With Melquíades Araújo
Negotiations in Unilever Valinhos at a deadlock
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

7-15-2011  Honduras | African Palma | HR
 Stop repression and impunity in Bajo Aguán now!
International Mission organizations present final report
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

7-14-2011  Argentina | TRADE UNIONS | AGREEMENT
 With Norberto Latorre
UTHGRA obtains important wage increase
Workers secure a 34 percent raise
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

12-7-2011  Colombia | UNIONS | COCA COLA
With Roberto Martínez
Outsourcing and union persecution, part of Coca Cola FEMSA ingredients
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

5-7-2011  Dominican Republic | UNIONS | TRAINING
 Workers Union of Frito-Lay
Seminar: UITA, what is it and what does it do?
Rel-UITA | Bernabel Matos

 

7-1-2011  Chile | NESTLÉ | TRADE UNIONS
 Nestlé Chile: Shared value?
Fourth Union of Nestlé workers prepares strike as collective bargaining fails
Rel-UITA | Daniel García

 

7-1-2011  Brazil | HEINEKEN | CONFLICT
 With Antonio Gonçálves Filho
Imminent strike at Heineken, Araraquara
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

30-6-2011 Guatemala | STECSA | FEMSA
 Outsourcing is cut out at Embotelladora Central
A campaign of STECSA has the aim to reduce outsourcing to the minimum
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

6-30-2011  Peru | TRADE UNIONS | SABMILLER
 With Nilton Flores
Unjust dismissals at Backus – SABMiller break off direct dealings
 Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

6-27-2011 Guatemala | Unions | COCA COLA
With Francisco Barillas
The collective bargaining slowly moves forward
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

6-27-2011 Switzerland | ILO | CONVENTION
 With Barbro Budín
“We will remember this day forever as our anniversary”
New domestic workers convention
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín

 
6-21-2011  Brazil | MEATPACKING | PRECARIOUS WORK
With Päivi Pöyhönen
No longer a silent massacre
Rel-UITA | Laura Madero

 

6-21-2011 Honduras | BAJO AGUÁN | VIOLENCE
 International Statement
International Networks Denounce Ongoing Killings and Severe Human Rights Violations  Rel-UITA

 

6-20-2011  Chile | TRADE UNIONS | FONTERRA
 With Aldo Lezana
Historic victory for Soprole-FONTERRA workers
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

6-16-2011  Chile | TRADE UNIONS | STRIKE
Strike continues as Prolesur fails to better its proposal
The 120 workers of the Soprole (FONTERRA) subsidiary maintain work stoppage at Osorno plant
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

6-15-2011 Brazil | VIOLENCE | HUMAN RIGHTS
 Killings in the Amazon
Obede Loyla Souza:
Fifth murder victim in the last 20 days
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín


6-14-2011  Honduras | HR | AFRICAN PALM
 Open letter from IUF Latin America
to Porfirio Lobo
Impunity and repression continue in Bajo Aguán
Rel-UITA

 

6-14-2011  Chile | TRADE UNIONS | PROLESUR STRIKE
 Open letter from IUF Latin America to Chile's minister of labor
Regarding the PROLESUR (Fonterra) conflict

 

6-12-2011  Guatemala | HR | IUF MISSION
“Idar Joel Hernández Godoy” Mission
IUF and General Prosecutor’s Office agree to set up working group
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

6-9-2011 Brasil | Unions | COCA COLA
Union achieves wage settlement in Coca Cola
´The company tried to defeat us by fatigue, but the workers proved they are organized and trust the Union´. Rel-UITA | STIA-Limeira | Artur Bueno Júnior

 

6-9-2011  Colombia | BANANA SECTOR | DECENT WORK
 Important meeting between Rel-UITA,
SINTRAINAGRO and AUGURA
Social dialogue advances in Urabá
 Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias  

 

6-8-2011 Brazil | AMAZON | HR
 Open Letter from IUF Latin America
to the President of Brazil
Regarding the murder of Marcos Gomes da Silva
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

6-7-2011  Uruguay | UNIONS | COCA COLA
 Favourable agreement for the cleaning workers
Unconditional support of the STCC
Rel-UITA | Laura Madero

 

6-6-2011  Honduras | PUERTO RICO | PEPSICO
With José Rodríguez Vélez
Same employer, same problems
The MSS from Puerto Rico in Honduras
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

6-6-2011 Colombia | FORESTS | MINING
 Deforestation and mining: This combo today means hunger and thirst for tomorrow
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

6-6-2011 Uruguay | Unions | COCA COLA
With Gustavo Sotelo
The Union has been able to make 74 more workers be permanent
Rel-UITA | Laura Madero

 

6-3-2011 Uruguay | MEAT INDUSTRY | MEETING POINT
 Building a “country strategy”
An unprecedented initiative that gathered all the stakeholders in the sector
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín

 

6-2-2011 Uruguay | MEAT INDUSTRY | FORUM
 Uruguayan Meat Industry Forum
 Different views, a single national vision
Rel-UITA

 

6-1-2011  Uruguay | MEATPACKING | CHALLENGES
 With Felipe Carballo
“Inclusion, innovation and work for all”
IUF Latin America participates in Meat Industry Forum
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín

 

5-30-2011  Brazil | AMAZON | HR
 Open Letter from IUF Latin America to the President of Brazil
Denouncing the murder of José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva (Zé Cláudio) and Maria do Espírito Santo Silva
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

5-26-2011  Guatemala | TRADE UNIONS | VIOLENCE
 Finance secretary of Izabal Banana Workers' Union murdered
CUSG – SITRABI Statement
Rel-UITA | CUSG | SITRABI

 

5-24-2011 Colombia | SEATECH | HR
 With Edna Guzmán Palacio
“It's very hard to lead a normal life when you go to bed in pain and wake up in pain”
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

2011-05-23  Colombia | SEATECH | FINE
 SEATECH fined by the Ministry of Social Protection
USTRIAL Press Release
Rel-UITA | USTRIAL

 

5-18-2011  Honduras | African palm | HR
 All out war on Bajo Aguán peasants
Wave of murders, torture and disappearances continues in Honduras
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

5-17-2011  Colombia | PALM | POVERTY
 With Luis Enrique Valverde
Palm and poverty go hand in hand
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias

 

5-15-2011 Argentina | COCA COLA | FELATRAC
 FELATRAC commemorates its 3rd anniversary
Greetings from the president of the Latin American Federation of Coca Cola Workers
Rel-UITA |  FELATRAC | Raúl Álvarez 

 

5-13-2011  Colombia | SEATECH | HR
 With Elvira Luna Ricardo
 SEATECH's modern-day slaves
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias 

 

5-12-2011  Brazil | GRITO DA TERRA
 With Carmen Foro
 For a sustainable Brazil, without hunger and poverty
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín 

 

5-9-2011  Colombia | SINTRAINAGRO | WOMEN
 With Adela Torres Tovar
Women banana workers take action
 Weaving a path of identity and citizenship
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias 

 

5-5-2011 Honduras | AFRICAN PALM | HR
 The violence continues
Aguán peasants surrounded and attacked by military and police forces
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi

 

5-4-2011  Brazil | HEALTH | MEAT PACKING
 CONTAC mobilizes across the country
 We demand a law to regulate work in meatpacking plants now!
Rel-UITA | Siderlei de Oliveira  

 

4-28-2011  Colombia | TRADE UNIONS | VIOLENCE
 With Sonia Judith Vásquez
 Despite the government's promises, Colombians continue to suffer death threats and harassment
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias 

 

4-26-2011  Brazil | POULTRY INDUSTRY | DOUX
 With Arlete Beatriz Schmitz
“We're very concerned over the huge number of workers affected, and we see no immediate solution”
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias 

 

4-26-2011 Guatemala | TRADE UNIONS | VIOLENCE
 Murder of unionist in Izabal
 An inquiry is underway
Last April 10, Oscar González was gunned down on his way to his place of work
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez

 

4-18-2011  Honduras | Palma | DDHH
 With Eva Filzmoser
French power giant terminates agreement with Miguel Facussé’s company
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi 

 

4-18-2011  Brazil | TRADE UNIONS | AJINOMOTO
With Artur Bueno de Camargo Júnior
Ajinomoto strikes again
The Japanese transnational corporation stops deducting union fees
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez 

 

4-14-2011  Guatemala | VIOLENCE | TRADE UNIONS
 Union leader murdered in Izabal
 Victim Oscar González was assistant secretary of organization at SITRABI’s Chickasaw chapter
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez 

 

4-14-2011  Honduras | PALM | HR
With Martin Wolpold-Bosien
“The violence against peasant families now has a financial cost for the perpetrators”
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi 

 

4-13-2011  Honduras | Companies | PEPSICO
 CABCorp (PepsiCo) outsources in middle of collective bargaining

The transnational restructures illegally and outsources the Warehouse Department
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi 

 

4-13-2011  Honduras | AFRICAN PALM | HR
 A huge step forward:
German public bank cancels financing for Miguel Facussé’s Corporación Dinant
FIAN INTERNACIONAL 

 

4-6-2011 Honduras | HR | DEMOCRATORSHIP
 Democracy cannot be built on impunity
Exclusive interview with Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi 

 

3-30-2011  Honduras | U.S. | PALM | HR
 With Ana María Pineda, of FIAN Honduras
 “We’ve gained international visibility for the situation in Bajo Aguán”
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi  

 

3-30-2011  Honduras | HR | DEMOCRATORSHIP
 Honduras mobilized against the regime
The brutal repression unleashed across the country cannot stop the National Civic Strike
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi  

 

3-22-2011  Nicaragua | TRADE UNIONS | NESTLÉ
 SINPROLAC signs major Collective Agreement
The Union of Workers of Productos Lácteos S.A. renewed its collective bargaining agreement in the Matagalpa Nestlé plant, achieving substantial economic gains
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi
 

3-10-2011  Colombia | DAIRY SECTOR
 Successful march to save the nation's dairy sector
Rel-UITA | Luis Alejandro Pedraza  

 

3-10-2011  Colombia | DAIRY SECTOR
 United action in the dairy chain pays off
Decree banning raw milk sales will not go into effect
Salvación Agropecuaria  

 

3-9-2011  Colombia | DAIRY SECTOR
 A sector for all, without exclusions
For an inclusive sector policy that favors the weak and guarantees national food security
Rel-UITA | Aurelio Suárez Montoya  

 

3-4-2011  Honduras | AGUÁN MISSION | HR
 With Juan Chinchilla
 “My life is still in danger and I'm holding the State and palm producers responsible”
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi  

 

3-7-2011  Honduras | INTERNATIONAL MISSION | HR
 International Human Rights Mission concludes
Human rights abuses in Bajo Aguán will be denounced internationally  Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi  

 

2-28-2011  Honduras | AFRICAN PALM | HR
 Bajo Aguán: A place where life is worthless
International Mission
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi  

 

2-24-2011  Nicaragua | AFRICAN PALM | AGUÁN MISSION
 African palm pirates
Alarming social and environmental situation in southern Nicaragua
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi  

 

2-23-2011  Honduras | AFRICAN PALM | HR
 International mission to assess state of human rights in Bajo Aguán
 Rel-UITA will participate and cover this important initiative  Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi  

 

2-22-2011 Nicaragua | UNIONS | Nestlé
 Collective bargaining set to begin at PROLACSA (Nestlé)
SINPROLAC agreed to negotiate with the company directly  Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi  

 

2-21-2011 Colombia | UNIONS
 CUT and CTC letter to the ILO
In view of the possibility that the ILO will remove Colombia from the list of union freedoms and human rights  CUT | CTC

 

02-10-2011  Coca-Cola
 Things are looking good for Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola celebrates its 125th anniversary with a 73 percent increase in profits
Rel-UITA | Enildo Iglesias 

 

02-07-2011  Dominican Republic | TRADE UNIONS | Nestlé
 With William Tejeda
 Nestlé must give workers their fair share in company profits
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín 

 

2-1-2011  Brazil | MEATPACKING
 With Melquíades Araujo
 Minerva: The great exporter is also a great exploiter
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín 

 

02-09-2011 Uruguay | HUMAN RIGHTS
 Journalist threatened by military officers
Roger Rodríguez, Rel-UITA contributor, was threatened by military officers who posted his personal information on the Internet
Rel-UITA | Daniel Gatti 

 

1-20-2011  Brazil | MEATPACKING
With Artur Bueno de Camargo
 Minerva Group negotiations at a deadlock
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez 

 

01-12-2011  Chile | Nestlé | AGROTOXIC SUBSTANCES
 Chile: Agrotoxic substances everywhere... even in your soup
Nestlé baby food products and other foodstuff found to contain traces of agrotoxic substances
Rel-UITA | Enildo Iglesias  

 

1-10-2011  Honduras | AFRICAN PALM
 Top peasant leader kidnapped
MUCA leader Juan Ramón Chinchilla’s life is feared to be in danger after disappearing last Saturday
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi 

 

12-10-2010  Colombia | Van Camp’s Tuna
 SEATECH: A shark in tuna clothing
Violence and threats behind a screen of ethical marketing
Rel-UITA | Mĺl & Medel | Gunnar Brulin and Malin Klingzell-Brulin 

 

12-10-2010  Brazil | POULTRY SECTOR
 Working to regulate the poultry and meatpacking sectors
 Workers will have 10 minute breaks for every 50 minutes worked   Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín  

 

12-8-2010  Nicaragua | Nestlé
 “We have to support and strengthen our union"
SINPROLAC renews commitment to defend labor and trade union rights
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi  

 

11-30-2010  Colombia | 37th CEL-IUF Meeting
 With Guillermo Rivera of SINTRAINAGRO
“No more displaced peasants"
Mining project puts local communities at risk
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi 

 

11-25-2010  Brazil | PepsiCo
With Melquíades de Araujo, FETIASP
 PepsiCo, “The Big Brother”
Workers mobilized to improve working conditions
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez 

 

11-24-2010  Finland | Argentina | Meat industry
 With Henry Lindholm, Eila Kämäräinen, and Liisa Mery
 The time is right for coordinating actions
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín 

 

11-19-2010  Honduras
New Farmers Slaughter
IUF Latin American Regional Secretary letter sent to Porfirio Lobo  Rel-UITA 

 

11-18-2011  Dominican Republic | Nestlé
 With Pepe Abreu, from CNUS
 This is a manager who says: “It’s them or me”
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín 

 

11-18-2010  Puerto Rico | Unions
 With José Rodríguez Vélez, MSS
Imminent Strike at Pepsico (CABCORP)
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez 

 

11-17-2010 Nicaragua | Nestlé
SINPROLAC reports abuse and wage cuts
Workers are calling on the Labor authorities to speed up a decision against the Swiss TNC
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi 

 

11-15-2010  Argentina | Colombia | 37th CEL Meeting
 With Gerónimo Venegas, of UATRE
 “Agricultural workers cannot be the last priority”
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi 

 

11-12-2010  Colombia
 37th CEL - IUF Meeting
 Closing address by Guillermo Rivera
Heart-felt words evoking memory and a fighting spirit
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi 

 

11-10-2010  Dominican Republic - Nestlé
With Ramón Rodríguez, from CMP,

San Francisco de Macoris
 Nestlé: anti-union-adrenaline addict
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín 

 

10-11-2010
37th IUF Latin American Executive Committee Meeting
Resolution 001
Antiunion actions at SEATECH
Rel-UITA | CEL-UITA 

 

11-9-2010  Argentina - Meat Industry Conference
With Carlos Figueroa, of UATRE
Brazil wants to monopolize the region's meat exports  Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín 

 

11-8-2010  Colombia - CEL
 With Carlos Payares González
 When life is worth less than a banana
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi 

 

11-5-2010  Colombia - CEL
 With Senator Jorge Enrique Robledo
A country that does not produce its own food is doomed to disappear
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi 

 

11-4-2010 Uruguay - Unions - Beverages
 With José Oxley, SOEN
“We reached an unprecedented agreement”
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez 

 

11-3-2010  Colombia
37th IUF Latin American Executive Committee Meeting
 CUT recognition to IUF Latin America
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín 

 

11-3-2010  Colombia
37th IUF Latin American Executive

Committee Meeting begins
Mass participation of delegates from throughout the region  Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi 

 

 

11-2-2010 Uruguay - Coca Cola
 An agreement in principle defuses the conflict
Successful negotiation in the Beverage Sector
Rel-UITA Carlos Amorín  

 

11-1-2010 Uruguay - Beverage Sector
 Coca Cola Plant occupied
With Gustavo Sotelo, STCC
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín

 

10-29-2010 El Salvador
 IUF Mission acknowledges progress in the country's labor policies
It calls for improved conditions to establish a true tripartite social dialogue and salutes Salvadorian trade unionists on their day
Rel-UITA | UITA

 

10-27-2010 Argentina - MEATPACKING
 With Alberto Fantini
We're still in time to make our voices heard | 2nd Conference of Mercosur Meat Industry Workers
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín 

 

10-26-2010  Argentina - MEATPACKING
 The best way to face our challenges and threats is by organizing
Second Conference of Mercosur Meat Industry Workers  Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín  

 

10-22-2010 Dominican Republic - Nestlé
 With Elvis Duarte
 Nestlé fails to honor its word
 Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez  

 

10-20-2010 Italy - Brazil - JBS
 International Solidarity with

FRIBOI - Campo Grande Workers
Letter from the Italian Federation of Agroindustry Workers  Rel-UITA | FLAI - CGIL  

 

10-20-2010 Italy - Brazil - JBS
International Solidarity
JBS' "contradictory" consistency
Press release from the Italian Federation of Agroindustry Workers
Rel-UITA | FLAI-CGIL 

 

10-18-2010  Brazil - MEATPACKING - JBS
 JBS Group - Friboi not only exploit its workers, it humiliates them
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín  

 

10-15-2010  Uruguay - MEATPACKING - Marfrig
With Mariano Ebert, of ALPEC
Fear and slaughtering at Marfrig 900 workers forced on the dole
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín 

 

10-8-2010  Uruguay - Coca-Cola
 With Gustavo Sotelo, of STCC
 Antiunion pressures at Coca-Cola
Rel-UITA | Beatriz Sosa Martinez 

 

10-6-2010 Argentina - FATAGA Congress
 “At Coca Cola Polar our struggle was beautiful”
With union leaders from Neuquén
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias 

 

10-4-2010  Nicaragua - UNIONS
With Daniel Reyes, SUT-INARSA
 “Coca Cola FEMSA wants to restructure and outsource the Sales Area”
Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi 

 

9-7-2010  Colombia - TRADE UNIONS
 Second ITUC World Congress
Nothing but protocol and a mere formality
Rel-UITA l Luis Alejandro Pedraza  

 

9-20-2010  Colombia - FLOWERS
 With Aidé Silva, president of UNTRAFLORES
 Flower industry workers brutally beaten
Rel-UITA l Amalia Antúnez  

 

9-16-2010  Nestlé
 Track record of Ivan Zurita, president

of Nestlé Brazil 
Rel-UITA l Enildo Iglesias  

 

9-14-2010  Brazil - AGROFUELS
 National presentation of the documentary “Hands Drenched in Ethanol"
Rel-UITA l Carlos Amorín  

 

9-13-2010 Honduras - AFRICAN OIL PALM
 How much more peasant blood to be shed?
Another MUCA member murdered amid the accomplice silence of the authorities
Rel-UITA l Giorgio Trucchi 

 

9-6-2010  Colombia | Antiunion Tuna
 Van Camp's recipes
Capitalist sharks and canned workers
Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias  

 

9-3-2010  Panama – Repression in Changuinola
 “Mister President: Repeal Law 30,” Antonio Smith's widow demands
With Catalina Guerra de Smith
Rel-UITA l Gerardo Iglesias 

 

9-01-2010  Ecuador - TRADE UNIONS
 “I gave my life for this government”
With Mauro Romero
Rel-UITA l Gerardo Iglesias 

 

8-26-2010  Honduras – UNIONS- Coca Cola
3rd Meeting of the FELATRAC Executive Committee
“A very positive and trust-building meeting”
With Pablo Quiroga
Rel-UITA l Giorgio Trucchi 

 


8-23-2010 Honduras - UNIONS - Coca Cola
 3rd Meeting of the FELATRAC Executive Committee
 “Accumulating and assembling forces, defining and developing strategies”
Rel-UITA l Giorgio Trucchi 

 

8-18-2010 Honduras – African oil palm
 Brutal murder of MUCA members
Intensified spate of violence in Bajo Aguán
Rel-UITA l Giorgio Trucchi  

 

8-16-2010  Panamá - Coca Cola
 New Collective Agreement Signed
With Alejandro John
Rel-UITA l Amalia Antúnez 

 

8-13-2010  Nicaragua - Coca Cola
 New Collective Agreement
Important progress in economic terms and job security
Rel-UITA l Giorgio Trucchi 

 

8-13-2010  Argentina - Meat
 Special pensions for workers from the poultry industry
“This decision should not be seen as a privilege, but rather as a well-deserved right”, said Fantini
Rel-UITA l Crónica Sindical  

 

8-4-2010 Colombia - TRADE UNIONS
 The invisible human cost of beauty
With Alejandro Torres of UNTRAFLORES
Rel-UITA l Gerardo Iglesias

 

8-3-2010  Honduras - AFRICAN PALM
 Single-crop agriculture is destroying our ancestral land and our culture
With Miriam Miranda, of OFRANEH
Rel-UITA l Giorgio Trucchi  

 

7-22-2010 Uruguay - UNIONS - Coca Cola
 The Union of Coca Cola workers is in a pre-conflict situation
With Gustavo Sotelo
Rel-UITA l Amalia Antúnez  

 

7-16-2010   Panama - Law 30 + repression
 Heading for a civil dictatorship
With Alejandro John
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín 

 

7-14-2010  Panama - LAW 30 AND REPRESSION
 Successful general strike
With Alejandro John
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín 

 

7-9-2010  Pakistan – Coca Cola
 International Campaign due to conflict in Coca Cola Pakistan
With Hidayat Greenfield
Rel-UITA | Beatriz Sosa Martínez

 

7-9-2010  Canada - SSE
 Integration with trade unions is key to the success of Social/Solidarity Economy initiatives
With Nancy Neamtan, of RIPESS
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín 

 

7-14-2010  Panama - Law 30 + repression
 “It was a massacre”
With Ricardo Abrego
Rel-UITA l Amalia Antúnez 

 

7-12-2010  Panama – TRADE UNIONS
 Banana workers brutally repressed
With Guillermo Puga
Rel-UITA | Amalia Antúnez 

 

6-30-2010  Latin America - Europe - UNIONS
 Faced with similar challenges, more coordination
Meeting Rel-UITA - EFFAT
Rel-UITA  

 

25-6-2010 Dominican Republic - PepsiCo
Union freedem:
scarce right at Frito-Lay Dominicana
With Ramón Alexander Mosquea
 Rel-UITA l Beatriz Sosa Martínez 

 

6-24-2010  Brazil - MEAT INDUSTRY
 Technical Commission to be created with companies for the elimination of occupational diseases in the poultry industry
With Siderlei de Oliveira
 Rel-UITA l Carlos Amorín 

 

6-21-2010 Honduras - AFRICAN OIL PALM
 Blood again in Bajo Aguan
Murder of another member of MUCA
Rel-UITA l Giorgio Trucchi  

 

 6-9-2010 Brazil – Nestlé
 Ministry of Labor fines Nestlé
for imposing long working hours
Rel-UITA | Carlos Amorín

 

6-9-2010 Guatemala – Agatha Storm
 Material Losses are Incalculable
With Noe Ramirez, from SITRABI
 Rel-UITA l Carlos Amorín 
 

6-7-2010 Argentina – UNIONS
 ATILRA and Decent Work
A daily struggle waged on multiple fronts
 Rel-UITA l Gerardo Iglesias

 

6-4-2010  Peru - Nestlé
 How much longer?
At Nestlé Peru there’s no such thing as management-union dialogue
Rel-UITA l Enildo Iglesias  

 

5-31-2010 Honduras - DEMOCRATORSHIP
 “Don't forget Honduras”
The National Popular Resistance Front in Europe
With Carlos H. Reyes
 Rel-UITA l Gerardo Iglesias 

 

5-27-2010 Nicaragua - Parmalat
 Parmalat defies judicial authorities
 Company disregards order to reinstate union leader unfairly dismissed
 Rel-UITA l Giorgio Trucchi  

 

5-25-2010  Peru - Nestlé
 When words mean different things to different people
While in Mexico the word “pendejo” is used to denote a “jerk” or a “fool,” in Peru it’s used with the opposite meaning of “cunning” or “clever”  Rel-UITA l Enildo Iglesias  

 

5-25-2010 Sweden – Hotel workers
HRF stops precarious work
With Therese Hulthen  Rel-UITA l Beatriz Sosa Martínez 

 

5-24-2010 Brazil - MEATPACKING - JBS Friboi
Workers at global meatpacking giant FRIBOI secure an agreement
The agreement was reached at the Mato Grosso do Sul plant, with significant gains for workers  Rel-UITA l CONTAC

 

5-24-2010  Honduras - DEMOCRATORSHIP
 “They want to frighten, discredit and divide us. But they're not going to get their way!”  With Carlos Reyes  Rel-UITA l Giorgio Trucchi 

 

5-24-2010  Colombia - CONFLICT IN PALO ALTO
 Cowardly murder at Palo Alto establishment
With Guillermo Rivera  Rel-UITA l Amalia Antúnez 

 

5-21-2010  Colombia – MURDER IN PALO ALTO
 Letter from IUF Latin America to the President of Colombia
 Murder in Palo Alto  Rel-UITA

 

5-21-2010  Colombia
 Colombia: 48 violent deaths a day
Homicides up by more than 2,0000 cases in 2009, resulting in the highest violent death toll of the last five years  Elespectador.com  

 

5-18-2010 Guatemala - UNIONS
 Collective Agreement Signed between SITINCA and Coca Cola
With Augusto Salazar  Rel-UITA l Beatriz Sosa Martínez 

 

5-14-2010  Uruguay - Bimbo
 Simón and the Bear
Bimbo admits responsibility in worker’s death and pays US$ 160,000 in damages
Rel-UITA l Roger Rodríguez  

 

5-14-2010 Finland – Mobilization
 Food Union Struggle
With Henri Lindholm  Rel-UITA l Beatriz Sosa Martínez

 

13-5-2010 Brazil GDT 2010
 CONTAG’s 16th Cry of the Earth concludes
 “One of the most successful negotiations in the life of our organization”. With Alberto Broch  Rel-UITA l Carlos Amorín
  

5-11-2010 Brazil - HEALTH - Poultry Industry
 CONTAC to meet with Labor Authority
The meeting is scheduled for May 14
 Rel-UITA l CONTAC

 

5-10-2010 Argentina - UATRE
 Rural Literacy Program (PAR)
“Pulling down the blindfold”
 Con Carolina Llanos  Rel-UITA | Gerardo Iglesias


5-10-2010  Italy - UNIONS
 13th National Congress of FILCAMS
“Towards a sustainable future for the services sector"  With Gabriele Guglielmi
 Rel-UITA | Giorgio Trucchi
 

5-6-2010 Argentina - UATRE
A key to people's freedom
and to the dignification of rural families
 Rural Literacy Program (PAR)
 Rel-UITA |